Posted on Sep 22, 2023
Anheuser-Busch says its Missouri farms will no longer amputate the tails of Budweiser's...
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The St. Louis-based beermaker says it will end the practice known as tail docking after it came under pressure by animal rights group PETA.
Anheuser-Busch says it will end the practice of amputating the tails of its signature Budweiser Clydesdale horses, following a pressure campaign from the animal rights group PETA.
The beer company said the practice of equine tail docking was discontinued earlier this year, according to a statement from an Anheuser-Busch spokesperson.
PETA had earlier this year launched a campaign criticizing the beermaker's practices, including an unofficial Super Bowl commercial — a sharp rebuke to Budweiser's decades-spanning custom of running Super Bowl ads featuring the horses towing its beer wagons.
The animal rights organization posted video it said had been recorded at Warm Springs Ranch in Missouri, the official breeding facility for Budweiser's Clydesdales, and Grant's Farm, a Busch family property — both facilities that can be visited by the public. The video shows horses at the farms rapidly swinging their shortened tails, apparently swatting away insects with limited success.
Anheuser-Busch says it will end the practice of amputating the tails of its signature Budweiser Clydesdale horses, following a pressure campaign from the animal rights group PETA.
The beer company said the practice of equine tail docking was discontinued earlier this year, according to a statement from an Anheuser-Busch spokesperson.
PETA had earlier this year launched a campaign criticizing the beermaker's practices, including an unofficial Super Bowl commercial — a sharp rebuke to Budweiser's decades-spanning custom of running Super Bowl ads featuring the horses towing its beer wagons.
The animal rights organization posted video it said had been recorded at Warm Springs Ranch in Missouri, the official breeding facility for Budweiser's Clydesdales, and Grant's Farm, a Busch family property — both facilities that can be visited by the public. The video shows horses at the farms rapidly swinging their shortened tails, apparently swatting away insects with limited success.
Anheuser-Busch says its Missouri farms will no longer amputate the tails of Budweiser's...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."tail is indeed important for a horse's welfare, as it is its instrument for swatting away biting insects.
"In just one day, a horse can lose a cup of blood to biting insects such as mosquitoes," wrote David L. Hu, associate professor of mechanical engineering and biology at Georgia Institute of Technology, in a 2018 article in Scientific American. "Not only do the mosquitoes take blood, but they also give disease. Malaria, Zika virus, dengue fever are just a few of them. Keeping even a fraction of the mosquitoes away could have a big impact on a horse's health."...
..."tail is indeed important for a horse's welfare, as it is its instrument for swatting away biting insects.
"In just one day, a horse can lose a cup of blood to biting insects such as mosquitoes," wrote David L. Hu, associate professor of mechanical engineering and biology at Georgia Institute of Technology, in a 2018 article in Scientific American. "Not only do the mosquitoes take blood, but they also give disease. Malaria, Zika virus, dengue fever are just a few of them. Keeping even a fraction of the mosquitoes away could have a big impact on a horse's health."...
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Posted 8 mo ago
Excellent post. Thank You for sharing this shipmate. I'm glad they decided not to hurt those horses anymore.
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